Plymouth – the Worm’s hometown – has long been known for its naval dockyard and love of concrete cancerous buildings. But this week its cultural status has gone up a rank or two with the celebration of its very first International Book Festival.
The Festival kicked off over the weekend and will run until 23rd September. It promises to bring ‘the very best writers, poets, illustrators, musicians and spoken word performers from the UK and around the world’ to this city. A click on the link will confirm whether such a statement is fact, or perhaps fiction (depending on your own opinion and reading standards).
Whatever the verdict, such an event is a welcome arrival to Plymouth; if it is here to stay, the city can only thrive. The Worm urges all Plymothians to take advantage of this somewhat aberration on the normal “cultural” calendar.
Find out more here:
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=38529
